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Andrew Nguyen was sitting comfortably with over 110,000 but he's now down to just under 60,000. He lost a 160,000 pot when his 
failed to best his opponent's pocket eights on a 
board.
The first three levels are in the books and the field is going on a break.
Level: 13
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Daniel Lowery called another player's preflop all in from the small blind.
Lowery: 
Opponent: 
The board ran an uneventful 
and Lowery's ace high earned the elimination.
The numbers are in. The 2011/2012 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's New Orleans Main Event has officially drawn 694 players and created a $998,770 prize pool, though that number should actually be over $1 million if you include the WSOP Main Event seat that will be awarded to the winner as the $10,000 is taken out of the prize pool.
With that said, the top 72 players will earn a payday as follows:
1st: $204,747.85
2nd: $126,693.97
3rd: $92,925.56
4th: $69,104.90
5th: $52,085.86
6th: $39,781.01
7th: $30,782.09
8th: $24,130.28
9th: $19,156.41
10th-12th: $15,401.03
13th-15th: $12,534.56
16th-18th: $10,327.28
19th-21st: $8,609.40
22nd-24th: $7,261.06
25th-27th: $6,202.36
28th-30th: $5,353.41
31st-33rd: $4,674.24
34th-36th: $4,134.91
37th-45th: $3,695.45
46th-54th: $ 3,335.89
55th-63rd: $3,046.25
64th-72nd: $2,796.56
Through the first three levels we've lost approximately 140 players. Tables are breaking fast and chips have been flying around the room.
Will "Monkey" Souther just passed by our table and informed us, "Monkey has left the building." He explain he shipped his 10bb stacks with 
and was called by an opponent's 
. A queen on the flop spelt disaster for Monkey and he was eliminated from the tournament.
A short-stacked Jeffrey Hoffman opened for 5,600 and Ashley Wood raised enough to put Hoffman all in. Hoffman called and the hands were tabled.
Wood: 
Hoffman: 
The board ran 
and Wood's earned the knockout. Wood just happens to have "Lady Luck" tattooed across her knuckles.
We didn't catch the hand but we noticed Mike Wolf's seat was empty. According to his Twitter feed he ran into 
for his last 18 big blinds.
To add insult to injury the player that eliminated him asked the dealer if "Ante" was short for something.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
